Two weeks ago i've treated myself on a new PC. The "old" one was two years old. It was getting a bit slow for some games. I played GTA 4 on it, but it always runs stuck and all.

So i've installed my brand new fast PC, and installed GTA 4. Ran all the updates. It runs very smoothly and the details are high, no problems.. well there are, sometimes the screen is blackish, and i have to adjust the settings to look normal. Not a very big deal.

The big deal is that after 10 minutes, or sometimes half an hour or an hour the game just freezes.
First I see the textures "falling behind" and after a few seconds the game freezes.(The video card temperature is not high) Sometimes I can close the program with Task manager, sometimes it's so worse that I have to turn my PC off. What the hell? I've got a good PC and still i have problems, I can't even play normal? Can anyone help? Here are my specs:

Hmm well. My old tower is equipped with 4 cooling fans / systems.
My new tower is just standard.
So what i'm going to do is tear down my hardware from my new PC, and build it over in my old tower.
Then i'll format the PC and install Windows Vista 64 bit edition. Instead of Win XP 32 bit which i'm using now.

So the game is updated, your specs are enough to run the game decently, etc, it sounds like the Memory Leak problem some PC Gamers get, it should be, well, better in the latest patched versions though but until it's fully fixed I can only suggest turning off Shadows as this graphic option eats up Ram like a bitch, turning the Shadows off should at least prolong your gameplay time.

I havent tried many other games yet, cause i've just got the new computer.
Well my sister played The Sims 3 with no problems at all.

Like I said, perhaps the problems are coming from using Win XP 32 bit version. I'm going to format my PC and install Vista 64 bit edition in a few days.
Then we'll see what happens. I'll post an update when i'm ready.

Has anyone experienced when inserting the DVD that the autorun screen has strange symbols instead of text like "Exit, and Run game"???? I have. It's weird.

If you contacted them today, then you will have to wait a little longer. They will contact you within 72 hours. Also if your Win XP 64 bit doesn't work contact Rockstar Support by phone.
For US SupportPhone: 1-866-405-5464

Two weeks ago i've treated myself on a new PC. The "old" one was two years old. It was getting a bit slow for some games. I played GTA 4 on it, but it always runs stuck and all.

So i've installed my brand new fast PC, and installed GTA 4. Ran all the updates. It runs very smoothly and the details are high, no problems.. well there are, sometimes the screen is blackish, and i have to adjust the settings to look normal. Not a very big deal.

The big deal is that after 10 minutes, or sometimes half an hour or an hour the game just freezes.
First I see the textures "falling behind" and after a few seconds the game freezes.(The video card temperature is not high) Sometimes I can close the program with Task manager, sometimes it's so worse that I have to turn my PC off. What the hell? I've got a good PC and still i have problems, I can't even play normal? Can anyone help? Here are my specs:

In an attempt to actually try and get the damn game working properly on my computer, I found this thread. I am having EXACTLY the same problem. Every detail you mentioned is exactly what happens with my game.

Considering we're having the same problem and the only hardware we have that's even made by the same company is the graphics card, I suspect the problem lies with the graphics drivers. I'm using the Steam version, and judging from your posts, you have the DVD version?

I've installed the game.. run it... and now it's even worse than before, the game crashes with the intro movie, starting a game takes even longer than my previous computer. I just get kicked back to windows.

So only two options remain.. Windows Vista 32 bit edition and/ or calling Rockstar Support.
And thinking that i've already finished the single player on my old PC before... but that took a lot of sweat and anger because it always crashed...

The problem still exists.
Now the only thing that happens after playing 5 minutes, or 30 minutes, time really unreliable.
The frame building stops, the world "stops" to build. Textrures are falling behind, that the game freezes, crashes, or continues for some seconds and remains frozen, something like that.

The next things have been exchanged under warranty because the company which i've bought my PC from thought some things weren't right.
- New (improved) mother board installed.
- New, faster and cooled 4GB Ram installed
- We've tried another video card, a NVidea 8800 still no effect.

Excuse on the video card, it's not 1024 MB but a ASUS ATI 4850 DD3 with 512 MB.

The game keeps crashing. What the fucking fuck!

Can anyone help me for christ sakes, since Rockstar doesn't email me back.

The problem still exists.
Now the only thing that happens after playing 5 minutes, or 30 minutes, time really unreliable.
The frame building stops, the world "stops" to build. Textrures are falling behind, that the game freezes, crashes, or continues for some seconds and remains frozen, something like that.

The next things have been exchanged under warranty because the company which i've bought my PC from thought some things weren't right.
- New (improved) mother board installed.
- New, faster and cooled 4GB Ram installed
- We've tried another video card, a NVidea 8800 still no effect.

Excuse on the video card, it's not 1024 MB but a ASUS ATI 4850 DD3 with 512 MB.

The game keeps crashing. What the fucking fuck!

Can anyone help me for christ sakes, since Rockstar doesn't email me back.

have you patched the game to the latest version?(1.0.40)
do you have antivirus program?
if you do, I think you should turn off your antivirus program
my specs are lower than you, but I played the game without problem